[EN] This work presents an analysis of heterogeneity of environmental variance for slaughter weight (175 days) in pigs. This heterogeneity is associated with systematic and additive genetic effects. The model also postulates ...
[EN] An experiment of a 2 x 2 full diallelic cross between two contemporary Iberian pig strains (Retinto: RR, and Torbiscal: TT) was conducted to estimate the crossbreeding effects for growth and carcass traits. Phenotypic ...
[EN] Inbreeding is a biological phenomenon of special relevance in domestic species in which its influence has been typically associated with reductions in animal fitness. Nevertheless, recent research suggests substantial ...
[EN] This study aimed at identifying differential gene expression conditional on the fatty acid profile of the longissimus thoracis (Lt) muscle, a prime cut of economic relevance for fresh and cured pork production. A ...
Casellas, J.; Martinez Giner, M.; Pena, R.; Balcells, I.; Fernández-Rodríguez, A .; Ibañez Escriche, Noelia; Noguera, J.L.(Cambridge University Press, 2013)
[EN] Differential gene expression analyses typically focus on departures across mathematical expectations (i.e. mean) from two or more groups of microarrays, without considering alternative patterns of departure. Nevertheless, ...